Bottle crate



H. WILDBERG Aug. 29, 1933.

BOTTLE CRATE Filed July 11, 1930 pflllllllllll f"- ATTORNEYS Patented29, 1933 v t Q i E- (me i V 1mm Wildberg," Cincinnati, (jhioffas signoi-"4,

aThe United Milk" Crate Corporation, Cincinnati, 5

Ohio, a ycorpolfation of 0hio r Applicatio n July11;1930. yseri'al n461,224 gicainie (clan-e195} i My invention relates to iniprjoveinentsin milk bottle crates over my former Pat ent granted March 23, 1915. v

,Ii'rmy patent above referred to, wooden par-tie tion'sar'e providedextending lengthwise of the crate, and having pockets formed,thereinnand Leo jfar as a side runner .-is concernedghad to besupbeoigreatthicknessQ'It did not jprovideiora ledges beneaththe-pockets, into which pockets milk bottles or'otherbottlesarelplacedfl v Inthe-original patent above referred to, [noconstruction"is shown for supporting the bottles ,amng'; the sides fthecrate, andgit has been the practice for a 'good emany years to insert astrip of woodo'f square cross section alongjthe' lower edge of theinside of thebox at thetwo sides to form the outer bottlerest' for thetwo'outeriseries of bottles, MThisZledge, in ,theformtofla'fpiece ofwood ,of square,fei'oss section,fwas' screwed or otherwise s'ecur'edtothe side wallsof the'fcrateg and the ends of the crate were cut outsothatth said pieces of woodcould extendout the "full vlength of thesides. 'l'he difficulty'with'this con- 5 nstruction. has, been thatf itprovided a pointf Q weakness at .thepart of the crate. which wassubjected'to'rnany of the greatest strains and blows in use.

i In the milkindustrif}'crates'such as thisfmust: slidealong-throughconveying apparatus and." down chutesfor loadingandunloading purposes and in shipment are constantly being? subjected V toe rough handling. The cutting fout jof theflendwhims receive the bsiderailsfabove referred to, has weakened the, ends wallsleaving a portionalong'the base which is subjectedt o being knocked out; It-has notproviddastron runner iorithe i top parts 4 and thef bottorn parts I "r s6 a throughth pa ti io membe sides of; the box since, the only. real;strength, so

plied by'the side wall or thbox', wh' l'i .co111d;no

strong andsecure supporting ledge rm the outer portions of the outerrowsof bottles and it left between the bottles a space through which crushedice placed about the bottles could escape,

Where "stacking ironsiareused, locatedin the inner-cornersof the box, itis nece'ssaryto cut' away the side runners which have been usedfas abovenoted,which left the; side runners in very weak condition. i

Figure 3 is" a section on theline 3-3 (irrigate "1".

installation of a] dozen bottles, v i

be the standard size of quartfm lk crates, =15 1612: d s e t t s be" eilmit' ien' 9? n 1 1- struction andarrangernentofi'par o w h severaltypical'instances w n eqescrib mia d the 5 1 noveltyjo f whichjwillbeset'forth inthe appended "Iri'the drawing, 1 H h Figurel is a top lplanvi'ew poi jmyl-irnproved. bottle crate-71" Eigure 2 is aside elevationthereof ipartlv: broker-i Figure 21 a 1is' a side elevation of the same,i

; Figurejjis a broken away perspective; view 70 showing "theconstruct'ion' i sd 'where "stacking irons'are"provided; f-

, F u e ii I a menta persp i ve f 1 Y jused i W i Figurefi isaperspective of one oi thei npro d milkcrates with the end wall r' moved,V

Th crate illustrated, is" ne jarr n ventiop. "Thecratethas. end walls};'1 and'flside t Walls; @made'up of'boar Q and preferablywith-metaiistraps '3 p p ticular instance are made up in The partitions4' are forr'neduwith recesses or pockets- '7 on each sideuthereof} withthecross 1' frods passing through the thicker parts between v v i therecesses, and therecesses j are. arranged in .m:

ce I f i such away as to providea series of pockets of substantially thesize to ffembrace .thebottles which areto be placed inflthe crate.jfi'Ihe.lower f' "partition members 'havecpockets 8 formed therein, but'these pockets do not e xtendlthe full depth I .of thepartition,1eaving "ledges .9-fwhich formaj bas'ei on-which-the bottom ofthe bottles rests: H

The recessesinthe upper and lower partitions 1 are naturally arranged inme with rea'jchothergk.

and the shape of there'cesses and spacing. of: the

partitions will be such as to accommodate the desired bottles intherequired number.

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As heretofore pointed out,the particular novelty on which the. presentapplication is based relates to parts not as yet described, namely, thebottom bars'or runners that extend along the sides of the box. Theserunners are formed of thick wooden members substantially wider than thethickness of the sidev boards .of thebox. They extend tially samethickness as the sides of the box.

alongv the bottom of the box with their outer vwalls flush withthe sidesof the box,'and have reduced end parts 11 whichare of thelsubstan Thecross rods 6, which pass'through thelower' portions of the partition.members, also pass through the pieces 10 and are securecLin place asbyriveting at "6a" at the outer surface of the.

said pieces 10.

The'end walls l areset inside of the sidewalls, which will also bringthem inside of the reduced end parts 11 on the runners, so thatthe'straps 3' pass around these portions ll; of. the runners 10, [and thevendwalls are not cut-away andiweakened at their lower cornersfas intheold construction above referred-to.

passed around-the box, and'willbe countersunk into the runners 10 alongtheir sidesand bot toms,and also countersunk into. the sidewalls of vthe boxandinto the partitions 5,

The runners 10- are formed with recesses 12 corresponding with therecesses}; in the; inter mediate partitions, and also with ledges 13corresponding to the. ledgesr9 in the; intermediate partitions 5. aledge for the outer-row of bottles'complemen-* Thus there is not only.provided tary to theledge-onithe partitions 5, but there is side rowsofthe' bottles.v v, V v Where'stacking irons, 13' are employed in thealso provided a complete pocketfor thetwo out-,-

boxes the portions 11 are made longer than where stacking irons areomitted, thus leavin a space 14 into which the cornerironsof anunder-,'; lying box may. project. a '7 A f haveprovided b'yjthis Itwillbe'noted that I mechanism, for" strong runners for the box, and

eliminated weaksidesland ends, which were a" defect in'my formerconstructionfi, addition 1 to this, I have providedfora more completebot- ,tle protection-by making a complete base pocket for thebottle, andfurthermore -I havefl'provided for improved icefholding qualities or theentire I box by means offthe inwardly projecting portions 'of therunners; I havev accomplished all of this :without anyt ing projectingbelow the, l'evel of theend walls of'the'box; a V a 7 to the particularI do not wish to be limited form of intermediatepartition norjto thestrap .method of'holding the box together, 1 although; the particularcrate-shown in its particular del J'An ,intermediatemetalstrap 311 mayalso be tails provides maximum"' advantages in a milk bottle crate ofthe wooden partition type.

,Having thus described iny invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure bylLetters Patent, is:-- r e 1. In a 'bottle'crate, thecombination with the sides and ends of the box, and with intermediatepartitions cut to form bottle receiving recesses with supporting ledges,of relativelywide side runners for the box mounted flush with the sidesthereof and projecting inwardly and having botthe, receiving recessesand ledges" formed therein, said runners having end parts transverselysubstantially coextensive with the narrower'side' 'walls of the box andwith the side walls and 'said'end parts overlapping and fixed to theedges .of the end walls of the box, said end parts of the runnerssubstantially coextensive with the sides beinglong enough to'leaveaspace-between the end walls and: the inwardly projecting portions ofsaid runners forithe accommodation of corner irons usedin. stacking.

2. In a bottle crate comprising end walls and upper andlower'partitionssecured between said end walls and having bottle receiving recessesstan'tially in the transverse plane of the tops of the lower partitions,and bottom runners for the side walls, transversely thicker than saidside walls its and extending'in therefromjand having, recesses andledges facing and matching the recesses of e i the "lowerpartitions, andhaving end parts re---' duced tosubstantially thethickness of said sidewalls, said end parts. and said side walls extend ing across'andbeing'securedgto the ends of said en walls. I

; ,3. A bottle'crate asset forth in claim '2' in which the bottomrunners have ,morti'ses in the lower e'dges'of their reduced 1 endparts, and includ+ ing metal straps extending alongand attached to ,theloweredg'es of the endwalls, lying in said mortises and extending upalong and sunk into the outer sidesofsaid bottomrunners and said sidewalls and secured to the side walls. f

\4. A bottle cratefas setforth in claim 2 in-whioh 1 the bottom runnershave middle mortises in their j lower edges midway of their lengths andhave "mortisesin the lower edges of their reduced end parts,,andincluding metalstraps secured in the middle mortises andrnetal strapsextendingalong and attached to the lower: edges of 'the end .walls andlying in'said end mortises, all of said straps "extendingup' along. andsunk into the outer sides 'of said bottom runners and saidsidefwallsandsecured to the side walls.

L WILDBERG.

